UNION CITY, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, has scheduled a conference call to discuss its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, ended December 31, 2008. The call will be at 4:15 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 29, 2009.

Participants can dial (877) 356-5706 or (706) 643-0580 to access the conference call, or can listen via a live Internet web cast, which is available in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.abaxis.com. A replay of the call is available by visiting www.abaxis.com for the next 30 days or by calling (800) 642-1687 or (706) 645-9291, access code 82004441, through February 2, 2009.

About Abaxis

Abaxis develops, manufactures and markets portable blood analysis systems for use in any veterinary or human patient-care setting to provide clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements. The system consists of a compact, 5.1 kilogram (11.2 pounds), portable analyzer and a series of single-use plastic discs, called reagent discs that contain all the chemicals required to perform a panel of up to 13 tests on veterinary patients and 14 tests on human patients. The system can be operated with minimal training and performs multiple routine tests on whole blood, serum or plasma samples. The system provides test results in less than 12 minutes with the precision and accuracy equivalent to a clinical laboratory analyzer. 

    Contact:  Clint Severson           Lytham Partners, LLC
              Chief Executive Officer  Joe Dorame, Joe Diaz & Robert Blum
              Abaxis, Inc.             602-889-9700
              510-675-6500

SOURCE Abaxis, Inc.